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SERMON OUTLINES
Theme: Naaman the Leper. T e x t : 2 Kings 5:1-19. I ntroduction :
(b ) She gave her testimony. She knew a good thing and told about it. It would have been a crime not to have done so. (c ) She was a Christian away from home. Some people forget their religion on their vacation. (d ) She had confidence in her God and the gospel. No case was deemed by her He did not despise information from a humble source. What hopes and visions the pews aroused! Picture his departure. 3. Naaman’s mistakes. (a) He went to the wrong place and per son. The maid said nothing about the king; she spoke o f the prophet. No substitutes for religion. (b ) He went to the right place and per son but in the wrong spirit: He brought money and gifts as though religion,could be bought. He came with horses and char iots and a spirit o f pride. Humility is nec essary. He came with wrong ideas: “I thought he would do” this and that. , i (c ) He went away angry. A mistake to, go away at all, but especially to go away 4 ngry because o f the simplicity o f the cure. 4. Naaman’s decision—To try the cure. Two things had to be done in order for cleansing: First, to’ come down from his chariot, which indicates humility in taking the place o f a sinner. Second, to wash in the Jordan, indicating the cleansing o f the blood o f Christ. 5. The cure accomplished. “His flesh became again like as unto the flesh o f a little child.” as too hard for her God. 2. Naaman’s willingness.
The Bible well compared to a picture gal lery. The healing o f Naaman the leper a P'cture o f the salvation o f the sinner. A real event. Jesus refers to it. I. Nauman’s position and condition. 1. He Was a great man. He had personal qualifications—bravery and valor; was in favor with the king; had a pleasant environment. His name means “pleasantness.” The Bible says all the good it can about a man. 2. But Naaman was not happy. The poorest slave in Damascus would not have changed places with him. A shadow rested over him. A worm was eat ing at the root o f his life. Like the rich man o f the parable, he would gladly have changed places with any poor Lazarus. 3. For he was a leper. Leprosy, that dreadful, incurable disease, ending in separation from loved ones, held him in its grip. , We too would be happy but for some thing wrong in our lives. Every man has something he wishes he did not have. Lep rosy is a type o f sin which blights and blasts every life and clings to every man. None are, exempt from it. Sin, like lep rosy, is hereditary/ painful, loathsome, sep arating, fatal. No unsaved sinner is or can be happy-, II. The cure of Naaman. 1. The instrument. (a) A little maid. W e should not despise small things. The story hinges on that little girl.
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